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2 He rode till he came to Fair Ellen's house ; He knocked and he tingled at the ring. "Asleep or awake, Fair Ellen," I said, "Pray arise and let me in."
3 Fair Ellen arose and she slipped on her clothes To let Sweet William in;
No one was so ready as Fair Ellen herself To arise and let him in.
4 Then he mounted her upon the milk-white horse, Himself on the iron-gray ;
He hung his bugles around about his neck, And they went riding away.
5 They rode till they came in three miles of the place, They stopped and they looked all around 3
They looked and they saw some seven iron men Come hasting over the ground.
6 "Get down, get down, Fair Ellen," I said, "And take my steed in hand,
Till I go back to yonder spring And stop those seven iron men."
7 She stood till she saw her six brothers fall 3 Her father, he fell so near.
"Sweet William," I said, "come and stop your case, For you seem almost too severe."
8 She took a handkerchief from her side, ?Twas made of linen so fine;
She took and she wiped his bleeding, bleeding wound, For the blood ran as red as any wine.
9 Then he mounted her upon the milk-white steed, Himself on the iron-gray;
He hung his bugles around about his neck, And they went riding away. |
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